Courtesy of NHRA Field MarketingAt The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Las Vegas -

NHRA Pacific Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series concludes its season at The Strip at Las Vegas
Motor Speedway, with the Short Line Express Market Gambler Showdown event November 1-4, 2012. The
event is one of 43 scheduled across the country where drivers earn points leading to divisional,
regional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more
than $519,000. The event will feature drivers in eleven categories, including 260 mph Top Alcohol
Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car as well as the Pacific Division Top Sportsman Series, Hughes
Performance Top Dragster Series and Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley Davidson.

Qualifying and time trials start Thursday morning at 8 a.m. and continue at 8 a.m. Friday. Top
Dragster, Comp Eliminator and Top Sportsman will qualify once on Thursday at 3 p.m., and twice on
Friday at noon and 4 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car competitors will have one
qualifying session on Friday at 3 and two on Saturday at noon and 4 p.m. The K&N Top Qualifier
Shootout and Mountain Mike's Comp Shootout run rounds at noon, 2 and 4 p.m. on Friday. Nitro
Harley qualifying will take place at 3:30 and 6 p.m. on Friday and 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Eliminations start Saturday morning at 8 a.m. and continue Sunday morning at 7 a.m. Nitro Harley
will run will run first round eliminations at 11 a.m. on Sunday followed by Top Alcohol Dragster
and Top Alcohol Funny Car.

Tickets for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
are $20 Friday, $20 Saturday and $20 Sunday. The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is located on
Speedway Blvd, exit 54 off interstate 15. For more information call the track, (800) 644-4444, or
visit www.LVMS.com.

NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES FACT SHEET

WHAT: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Short Line Express Market Gambler Showdown, the
last of six events in Pacific Division competition where drivers earn points leading to divisional,
regional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more
than $519,000. Categories include Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp Eliminator,
Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division's Pacific
Division Top Sportsman Series, Hughes Performance Top Dragster Series and Sportsman Motorcycle
Series presented by Harley Davidson will also run in conjunction with the event.

FRIDAY, Nov. 2 - Final qualifying and time trials begin at 8 a.m. Top Dragster, Comp
Eliminator, and Top Sportsman qualifying sessions are at noon and 4 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and
Top Alcohol Funny Car have one qualifying session at 3 p.m. K&N Top Qualifier Shootout and Mountain
Mike's Comp Shootout are at noon, 2 and 4 p.m. Nitro Harley qualify at 3:30 and 6 p.m.

BONUS PROGRAMS: NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES POINTS FUND: a $519,000 point fund from Lucas Oil, which
will be shared by 2012 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional, regional and national
champions. Regional awards include $10,000 each to the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny
Car champions with Divisional awards of $3,000 to the champions in both Competition and Super
Stock; $2,000 each to the champions in Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The seven
national champions will share a bonus of $135,000.

JEGS ALLSTARS: The best of the best from each of NHRA's seven divisions will compete for a
share of the $119,000 point fund from Jegs High Performance. The 2013 Jegs Allstars event will
culminate a year-long points battle between drivers in each of NHRA's Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series'
eight classes as well as Top Sportsman and Top Dragster. The top points earner in each category
will qualify to represent his/her division at the 2013 Jegs Allstars. Points are based on
in-division races only.

The winning division's team will share $20,000 and individual awards include $7,000 each to the Top
Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car champions, $6,000 to champions in Comp Eliminator and
Super Stock, $5,000 to Top Sportsman and Top Dragster champions, and $4,500 to the Stock, Super
Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street champions. Runners-up in all categories will earn $2,000 apiece.
Each Allstars competitor will also receive a share of a $25,000 towing fund to get to the event.

Event sponsor, Jegs High Performance, is offering a "double up" bonus to Jegs Allstars
participants. Any 2013 Jegs Allstars champion who also wins the national event will have his/her
Allstars prize doubled.

NHRA SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE SERIES presented by HARLEY DAVIDSON: The NHRA Sportsman
Motorcycle Series presented by Harley Davidson, run in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag
Racing Series, is an opportunity for competitors in NHRA's Sportsman Motorcycle class to earn
points toward divisional championships. The $14,000 champions' purse posted by Harley Davidson
will be paid to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place points finishers in NHRA divisions that host Sportsman
Motorcycles.

PACIFIC DIVISION TOP SPORTSMAN SERIES: The Pacific Division Top Sportsman Series, runs in
conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, is an opportunity for competitors in the
Pacific division's Top Sportsman class to earn points toward divisional championships. The $3,500
champions' purse will be paid to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place points finishers.

HUGHES PERFORMANCE TOP DRAGSTER SERIES: The Hughes Performance Top Dragster Series, run in
conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, is an opportunity for competitors in the
Pacific division's Top Dragster class to earn points toward divisional championships. The $3,500
champions' purse posted by Hughes Performance will be paid to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place points
finishers.